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Nothing wrong with reasoned speculation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Alan Barnard
Alan Barnard*
Affiliation:
School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD, UK
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In essence, Pargeter et al. argue that claims for the antiquity of modern San ‘cultures’ involve a misuse of analogical reasoning. In general, I agree. But, let me take issue with a few of the specifics they discuss, and argue instead that things may be more complicated than they seem.

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Antiquity , Volume 90 , Issue 352 , August 2016 , pp. 1084 - 1085
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2016 

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